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image by Tomislav Šipek, 20 February 2017
Here is flag and coat of arms of Skiptvet. Administrative center is
Meieribyen.
Source:
https://lovdata.no/dokument/OV/forskrift/1981-11-27-3730?q=flagg
http://foto.digitalarkivet.no
Tomislav Šipek, 03 February 2016
image by Tomislav Šipek, 03 February 2016
Blazon: I rødt en opprett sølv lindorm. In English: Gules a lindworm erect
argent.
Approved by the royal resolution of 27 November 1981 after a drawing by Truls
Nygaard. [c2j87]
Lindworm represents the beast that was, according to an old fable, coiling up in
the Skiptvet church tower each morning. In the evening the dragon would fly back
to Korterudåsen, where he had his lair. It was not possible to serve mass in
church while the beast was there. Eventually it was slain by an iron arrow and
fell don a well near the church. So has the [c2j87]
The
municipal web site has three different stories to tell. The first one is
similar to the above (and said to be from the "previous century", possibly the
19th c. is meant), with minor details different (a poisoned arrow, fell in a dam
instead of a well etc.) However, there is a well in the story affected by the
dragon that fell down - known today as Dragehullet - Dragon's Hole. The legend
is connected with the discovery of a large whale bone that once was kept in the
church loft. It is believed to have served as a foot of the medieval baptismal
font.
A similar story, almost entirely like that from [c2j87]
is retold by the parish priest, just as the third story from another source.
Željko Heimer, 03 February 2016